SHORT COURSE IN TROPICAL MEDICINE

in Tanzania and Uganda

organised by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

6 weeks full time from 4th October to 12th November 2010

3 weeks at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College in Moshi, Tanzania followed by

3 weeks at the Infectious Diseases Institute & School of Public Health in Kampala, Uganda

Week 1 Clinical assessment

Week 2 Diagnostic parasitology
Week 3 Special topics
Week 4 Field placements
Week 5 HIV and TB
Week 6 Outbreak control

This new short course in tropical medicine is half the length of a traditional DTM&H with twice
the amount of clinical contact. The emphasis is on experiential learning and the majority of
teaching is in small groups. The course explores recent advances in the practice of medicine
in East Africa from village health care programmes to cutting edge diagnostics. All tutors are
actively involved in clinical practice and research in the tropics and many are international
leaders in their field.

There are 15 places for doctors from Europe and North America. Fees include all teaching,
accommodation and transport within East Africa. Participants pay separately for their
international flights and food. 15 African postgraduate doctors will also join the course free of
charge.

Cost: £2350 (US $3500)

In exceptional circumstances we will consider requests to attend the course for 3 weeks.

For more information and a detailed curriculum please email philip.gothard@uclh.nhs.uk

Places will be allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Senior faculty teaching staff

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Hospital for Tropical Diseases: Tom Doherty (Consultant
Physician); Phil Gothard (Consultant Physician); Alison Grant (Reader in Clinical Epidemiology); David Mabey
(Professor of Communicable Diseases); David Moore (Reader in Tropical Medicine); Steve Morris-Jones (Consultant
Microbiologist). Johns Hopkins University: Yuka Manabe (Head of Research IDI); Steve Reynolds (Rakai Project).
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College: Matthew Burton (Wellcome Trust Clinician Scientist); Paul Courtright
(Director of Community Centre for Ophthalmology); William Howlett (Consultant Neurologist); Gibson Kibiki (Director
of Research); John Masenga (Regional Dermatology Training Centre); Raimos Olomi (Professor of Paediatrics);
Hugh Reyburn (Joint Malaria Programme). Kenya Medical Research Institute: Mike English (Wellcome Trust Senior
Fellow). Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: Emma Wall (Wellcome Clinical Fellow). Makerere University:
Charles Ibingira (Dean of Biomedicine); Moses Joloba (Head of Microbiology); Juliet Kiguli (Lecturer); Edith Nakku-
Joloba (Clinical Epidemiologist); Jackson Orem (Director of Uganda Cancer Institute); Lydia Sebuyira (Head of
Training IDI); Naz Tumwesigye (Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology). College of Medicine, Malawi: Gavin Dreyer
(Lecturer) University of Washington: David Roesel (Global Health Institute); Chris Sanford (Travel Clinic). Uganda
Virus Research Institute: Steve Cose (Immunologist); Katie Wakeham (Wellcome Training Fellow).